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bagelface's avatar

When you wave your finger in front of your lips while humming to make a funny sound,..is there a name for this action!

Asked by bagelface (715points) October 28th, 2009

I feel like there should be,..?

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peedub's avatar

I believe that action is called bagel-facing.

FutureMemory's avatar

I’ve never heard of such behavior.

gemiwing's avatar

Flubberdedub. That’s what I call it when you wiggle your finger between your lips while making noise.

Wait, while humming? erm.

no idea.

bagelface's avatar

Yes, while humming. “Making noise” could be anything from stomping your foot to typing on your keyboard, right? ;)

aprilsimnel's avatar

We should make up a name!

gailcalled's avatar

Mumblerumble. Kazookiss, vibratingvirtuoso.

PapaLeo's avatar

Yes, there should definitely be a name for it. If expelling air through your lips while they are clenching your tongue (i.e. :-P) is called a “raspberry,” then the motion you described should at least be called something.

gailcalled's avatar

A child’s vibrato?

janbb's avatar

@PapaLeo Maybe a boysenberry?

RedPowerLady's avatar

Strumming your lips??

Jeruba's avatar

We used to call it “wabba wabba” when the kids were little. Really.

gailcalled's avatar

@janbb: And for our crowd, an elderberry?

janbb's avatar

Nice one, gail!

gailcalled's avatar

For whoever cares, no matter what wording I use in Google, I end up in porn sites and have discovered the worst fiction writers on the planet.

bagelface's avatar

I know,.. well I didn’t know that, but I was finding it quite impossible to find a picture of someone doing this. You’d think it would be a semi standard smiley out there somewhere too,.....

gailcalled's avatar

@bagelface: Little kids do it all the time; they find it a wonderful and funny new discovery. I do too, as I am discovering right now. It sounds like Jeruba’s “wabba,” but from my lips to Fluther’s ear, it is more like “wubba,” or “bubbbawubba.”

asmonet's avatar

@gailcalled: That’s probably one of the funniest things I’ve seen written on this site.

gailcalled's avatar

@Asmonet: MIlo here; Hey, I am the fellow of infinite jest in this family. I coached Gail on that sentence.

NewZen's avatar

Isn’t that just the way Barbara Walters talks?

Sueanne_Tremendous's avatar

While were naming things, what do you call it when you put your face between a woman’s breasts and go…..oh, never mind.

bagelface's avatar

It should have a very similar name.

gailcalled's avatar

@Sueanne_Tremendous: We call it, finally and correctly, “to suck.”

asmonet's avatar

@Sueanne_Tremendous: Motorboat, interested?

Jrome's avatar

I’ve always called it “dweeberlips” but I may be crazy. Odd to see what other folks call it. Ask any young kid and you’ll get the answer du jour.

bagelface's avatar

My mother submitted blithering.

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